The Court of Appeal has ordered that details regarding the writ petition filed by suspended IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon be presented on the 12th of this month.
Deshabandu Tennakoon had submitted a writ petition requesting an interim injunction to suspend the arrest warrant issued by the Matara Magistrate. The warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with an incident where a police sergeant from the Colombo Crimes Division was killed in a shooting at the W15 Hotel in Weligama in 2023.
Considering the request made by President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva, who appeared on behalf of Tennakoon, the Court of Appeal issued the directive.
The arrest warrant was issued following a magisterial inquiry into the incident, during which Weligama police officers opened fire on a group that arrived in a white van at the hotel.
